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Wall Street Journal calls John McCain “un-Presidential”

McCain’s Scapegoat – WSJ.com.

John McCain has made it clear this week he doesn’t understand what’s happening on Wall Street any better than Barack Obama does. But on Thursday, he took his populist riffing up a notch and found his scapegoat for financial panic — Christopher Cox, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SEC bans short selling for financials

SEC bans short selling for financials – Sep. 19, 2008

Agency puts temporary halt to trading practice that ‘threatens investors and capital markets’ for 799 financial companies.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took what it called “emergency action” Friday and temporarily banned investors from short-selling 799 financial companies.

The temporary [...]

Poetry Friday

BE DRUNK  

You have to be always drunk. That’s all there is to it—it’s the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk.

But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But [...]